Petition Provide statutory anonymity for victims of homophobic & transphobic hate crime.

Being 'outed' is a barrier for victims to LGB&T hate crime reporting an incident to the Police and later attending court. Introducing statutory anonymity, as already given to victims of serious sexual assault, would remove this barrier, as well as removing the possibility of hostile media reporting.

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1. LGB & T Hate Crime Reporting: Identifying Barriers and Solution, Equality Human Rights Commission (2015), page 31.
2. The Hate Crime Report: Homophobia, biphobia and transphobia in the UK, GALOP (2016), pages 8 - 9.
3. Homophobic Hate Crime: the Gay British Crime Survey (2013) pages 18 - 19.

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Date closed 21 May 2018
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